Events Which Occurred in Lahore After the Departure of Ahmad Shah Causing Him to March on Lahore and India

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¶ 1[17] When, thanks to the inestimable favor of Ahmad Shah, Mir Manu Muʿin al-Mulk became his governor in Lahore, he embarked on the path of sincere and devoted service to the shah. Up until the beginning of 1167, he thus occupied himself. But then, in Muharram 1167/November 1753 after blinding Ahmad Shah Gurgani and his mother for excessive disobedience, he died, either as the result of a fall from his horse or because of contracting cholera. After his death, Ahmad Shah issued a farman appointi…

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“Events Which Occurred in Lahore After the Departure of Ahmad Shah Causing Him to March on Lahore and India”, in:
History of Afghanistan, Translated and edited by R.D. McChesney, M.M. Khorrami.
Consulted online on 20 March 2018 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004256064_hao_COM_000019>